Dockside Diplomacy | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 35
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2019
- The Mighty Nein find success in their task for the Ruby, but chaos ensues as they continue their search for Marius LePual…
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Rudimentary Timestamps before Flando gets here:
0:54 Sam demonstrates VFX
10:22 Recap starts
13:21 Recap ends
16:19 Xundi frees himself
18:09 Fjord gives Xundi the bracelet
20:01 Caleb buffs his biceps
21:29 Xundi offers a favour
22:19 Clay turns Fjord's specter
23:09 M9 discusses whether to kill him yay or nay
26:11 Jester disguises as a tortle
27:45 Waking, questioning Algar
28:16 First try of Extort Truth
30:08 Nott expands her button collection
30:31 Second try to Extort Truth
33:23 Caleb the fearsome beast
34:24 Algar speaks of the Ruby
36:08 Fjord Mask of Many Faces-es to intimidate Algar
36:21 Algar/Fjord "Who tf are you"
37:22 Caduceus Decomposes hand
37:29 Nott: "You people are..."
38:34 Jester admires Fjord's Southern accent
39:14 Jester disguises Algar
41:26 Algar leads them out
45:36 Algar was left-handed
48:24 Deciding where to send Algar
51:03 Forging Algar's letter
55:49 Fjord's specter is so annoying the entire space-time continuum is in utter shambles
57:28 More time-jumping
59:12 More time fuckery
59:36 DM restores order
1:04:31 Visiting the illusion tower
1:08:11 Back to the Lavish Château
1:09:17 Meeting Bluude
1:11:39 Yasha meets Marion
1:12:39 Jester tells a white lie
1:16:19 Fjord and Jester friction
1:16:59 Jester when she was a kid?
1:18:33 Jester puts on a mask
1:19:40 Professor Thaddeus
1:22:37 Getting rid of Nugget
1:26:49 Midnight Marius stakeout
1:33:10 Bunch of figures spotted
1:36:11 Fjord jumps into the water
1:36:50 Dolphin Thaumaturgy
1:38:09 Tracy to the rescue
1:41:00 Beau Deflects Missiles
1:44:33 Awesome map unveiled
1:47:41 Welcome back. PT2
1:47:58 Roll initiative
1:49:52 Combat starts
1:50:06 Summer's Eve
1:52:46 "Where's the reset button?"
1:59:03 "They're carrying weed!"
2:01:30 Caleb catapults food
2:06:08 Travis gets to rage again
2:07:57 Captain goes down
2:08:33 Fjord casts Hypnotic Pattern
2:13:06 Nott kills an Enforcer
2:15:07 "I just wanted to see you roll."
2:19:56 Eeyore casting spells
2:21:18 "Please be carrying black powder"
2:21:41 This is not a moral group
2:29:16 Enemies unfurl sails
2:35:45 Vax is back and Caleb runs 120 feet in a single round
2:36:22 Subtitle easter egg
2:40:27 The M9 are stealing a ship
2:45:13 Caleb blasts the dock
2:47:15 "Remember how, Jester..."
2:51:19 Marius tries deescalation
2:53:22 The sailor goes below deck
2:53:31 Travis steps out
2:55:06 Nott grapples Marius
2:57:16 Jester casts Charm Person
2:59:41 Caleb's Suggestion
3:03:11 Taliesen's wacky waving
3:05:23 Yasha pushes off the gangplank
3:06:27 Fjord beating himself up
3:10:40 Jester's duplicate feigns suicide
3:14:58 The zelazo try to save Jester
3:15:14 Caduceus's bad day
3:16:40 Fjord looks for Caduceus and sees an old man
3:17:02 It's Christmas for Mercer
3:20:49 Caduceus gets into the boat
3:25:22 Jester accidentally kills the last Enforcer
3:27:31 The name of the vessel
3:29:20 Persuading Marius
3:31:14 Info on Avantika
3:34:53 Sam summarizes
3:35:42 Professor Thaddeus, lost
3:36:53 Session ends
3:38:54 Fanart compilation
EDIT: Flando's back. Find their timestamps and go shower them with likes
Real mvp here
You're a hero.
Thank you
As someone watching it through for the first time and started after the move. Flando was the old God. Ellie k. Is the new
Thank you 😁
"In Molly's memory, we're going to try to leave a town better off then when we found it".
5 episodes later...
I mean...they did leave it better for some.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 Arguable. They destroyed the entire industrial sector, murdered a bunch of innocent guards just doing their job, stole a ship and also tortured and maimed a government employee
@@kolosmenus good times.
@@kolosmenus yeah but using a Marid to power your industry is going to go horribly eventually. The M9 probably helped in that regard. It's a shame about the guards, but the creepy guy getting what he got wasn't bad on the scale of the town, who's industry can totally recover into a new, non Marid powered form
To be fair, Beau said that she was taking baby steps lol
Caduceus: "I'm gonna cast calm emotions on myself"
That's a whole lotta calm.
I cast friends on myself to to help persuade myself I'm a good person
All of this ^^^ oof
R M I tried that. But then I got double 1s.
@@GZilla311 Both of those are saving throws, so you succeeded in calming and befriending yourself
sealedinterface I feel like that would be almost dead calm
Dnd is at it's funniest when absolutely no one in the group has any concept of de-escalation
Travis literally tried knocking his own character out so he couldn’t make things worse.
It strikes me that Algar was just some guy doing his job, who had an unhealthy obsession with a sex worker. He was a bit of an asshole, a bit of loser. And they literally tortured him to the point of death because M9 didn’t investigate before attacking him and ruining his life.
I mean in the dockside action sequence, they did their best to be subtle and employ stealth or at least subterfuge but the situation automatically escalated when the sailors opened fire on Beau who, for all intents and purposes, was a drunk and/or emotional, crying civilian with no open hostile intent. I mean they pretty much asked for all of this.
I mean, 'the drunk civilian' making an enormous loud sploosh with a horrible dolphin noise trying to act as if rabid dolphins are a well known thing.
Pretty sure they were made even more suspicious by her.
@@zoltanszaszi2264 She witnessed some kind of illegal meeting. Even if they bought the cover there's a decent chance they'd have tried to kill her and dump her body in the sea, if only to cover their tracks. But she failed her roll with an 11 and they saw through her deception, anyway.
Laura, every single episode: I give Nott blessing of the trickster
Sam, every single episode: What does that do?
Not to mention it is unnecessary since Knott has a Cloak of Elvenkind which gives advantage on Stealth checks. Which he always forgets.
@@michaelcampbell7319 and probably +10 stealth modifier
He already has advantage from the cloak of elvinkin
For me, this is when I bring extra blank paper balled up to throw at the people that don't remember regularly used mechanics like this.
even funnyer now with the elf cloak that already does that iirc
The part where Jester says "I am very sweet" hit me in the heart---
I miss Kiri 😩🗡️
THE MIGHTY NINE!
@@forrestkey9132 its nein
campbell typo. Mb. Phone autocorrect I assume lol
Kiri's still alive though?
@@electrotoxins lets find out once they return to upperdook?
This whole encounter was just that time Jester and Nott vandalized a temple but on steroids. One disaster after another, each decision worse and more desperate than the last. Amazing.
Tyler K
To be honest, the beginning of the series (before even Alfield) was like that as well.
It was amazing, I love it. They’re such a shit show.
@@isabellahopeferris-green2897 I mean, that's fair, they've always been a mess. But now they're a mess with 3rd level spells and an unhealthy amount of hubris :P
Tyler K
I love them. I can’t wait for them to be level twenty messes.
@@isabellahopeferris-green2897 At that point, shit hitting the fan will tear countries apart. It's gonna be awesome.
Also like that hospital trip
nott screaming “WE’RE TRYING TO TALK TO YOU!” While wrestling someone to the ground encapsulates this episode
The fact that Caleb puts honey on his lips to cast Suggest is actually pretty great. In German there's a saying which roughly translates to "Smearing honey around someone's snout" it essentially means that you are being overly nice to someone, often to get them to do something for you.
Which fits quite well for this kind of spell and Caleb's heritage 😂😅
Also works in the context of “honeyed words”!
It’s literally the component for the spell from the book :) there’s a bunch of jokes in spell components, for example, Detect Thoughts requires a copper piece, as in “a penny for your thoughts”. And guano and sulphur for Fireball are ingredients for making rudimentary black powder.
"I've heard about you and your honeyed words..."
Thats amazing
@@ZetHololo That’s definitely true, but it’s also Liam/Caleb’s choice what he DOES with the honey, so I’d like to think it’s a combo of this and OP’s comment lol
Mighty Nien: We're just gonna talk to him.
The Gang Goes Lawful Evil
More like chaotic dumbass :p
They didn't, actually. As usual, they attacked after they were attacked because the other guys didn't seem to wanna talk, so it sounds like neutral to me. They are also chaotic dumbasses indeed. :P
Nick Ace except they were trespassing on city property and were pretty obviously armed and dangerous, never mind that the coastal nation’s allied with the empire which is now at war with the drow nation known for stealthy assassins and sabotage.
@@thecoolerrats7144 Firstly I would agree on one thing, the guards are right to be careful and questioning anyone suspicious due to the war going on like you said, however: "Trespassing on city property" really? I was under the impression that a city is free for the people to wander about, unless there is a sort of tyranny going on which i 'm unaware of. By the way, those guys that were doing shady business there, were certainly more suspicious and were in fact able to bribe a guard to walk away instead of inspecting/asking questions like they should. "armed and dangerous"? sure, people that do mercenary work obviously need to be armed in case there is conflict that they aren't able to avoid. What are you trying to suggest, that being armed and walking around at night doing mercenary work makes you evil? Or perhaps you are talking about them stealing this pirate ship to avoid complications with those guards? cause that last part just makes them not lawful or chaotic, like it was mentioned.
@@nickace4373 They were definitely trespassing. That area was barred off and hidden (from the otherside) and the people inside were commissioned by the city to run the system. They legitimately broke two grates getting in. It isn't "tyranny" to say you aren't allowed to wander around on private property.
Caleb: "If you're fleeing in terror are you going to stop to write a letter?"
90% of Skyrim NPCs: * nervous sweat *
If they nervous sweat too much they'll start writing a fucking letter
Pretty much any RPG NPC in a video game tbh
💀
"...The Castle of Aaaaaaaaaargh."
The literacy rate in skyrim is surprisingly high
Travis and Taleisin look so done with everything, meanwhile Laura's just having a full-blown existential crisis. This episode was so fucking chaotic
52:45 - I love Sam's surprise at learning that Turn Undead really does just *literally* cause an Undead to Turn Around.
Rotate Undead
Clerics b like
Get rotated
Did he think caduceus was gonna become a zombie?
@@bumbledy_beei dont know maybe turn undead to dead not just flip it round.
@@internettevarolanadam or even better, instead of removing the "un", it removes the "dead". Imagine you're fighting a zombie and your cleric casts a spell and suddenly there just a normal dude standing there
Can we take a second to appreciate that after this dumpster fire of a reconnaissance mission, Matt Mercer sat down and titled the episode “Dockside Diplomacy”? 😂
I was expecting some boring convos and got bored when they were heading to the docks. But boy that escalated quickly
This is the Mighty Nein’s “aggressive negotiations”
This will take me more like an hour to process... Wow.
Spectrulus that’s a long time..
When I first read this I thought you were talking about Jorge lol
The Mask of Many Faces play to intimidate was an absolute MONEY MOVE.
I think that is still the absolute greatest use of that mask I've ever seen.
That was an absolute 'OH SHIT - FOR THE WIN!' moment
That in combination with Travis' ability to mimic Matts voice was just chilling. Loved it.
went a lot better than the version in d20 sophomore year LOL
@@sterlingdavison7337 Genuinely scary as fuck, I would love to see a villain do that
M9 to Marius “WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR’S EXTENDED WARRANTY”
I imagine they say that as they crash through his window
cart's*
This literally made me LOL 😂
666th like!
The party: Fails at every step
Caleb: Insane combos with his lucky rock.
People sleep on the Transmutation Wizard Subclass, It's good to see Liam knows what's up
@@Godless_Homunculus Honestly, it seems like the most “wizardy” type of wizard, taking materials and altering their form to provide your magic.
Are their other subclasses of the wizard? I honestly feel like the class itself gets slept on with so many unique magic casters.
@@stingerjohnny9951 In my personal experience, Wizard has an unfortunate problem where it is very easy to underutilize. If you make spell choices for the day that aren't helpful or if you just cast things willy-nilly without any planning, it can be sorta useless.
But, that said, if you have someone that makes good, well thought out spell selections and puts genuine thought into their tactics like Liam does, it can quickly become a powerhouse even before you get to later levels and start casting Disintegrate and such.
It also doesn't hurt that he's a fantastic roleplayer, lol :)
@@Godless_Homunculus Again, that’s very fitting for a wizard, you need to be SMART with your spells.
Sorcerers and Warlocks can be all “IMMA FIRIN MAH LAYZOR!!!” With their magic because it’s either a part of them or they made a deal to get it.
Wizards got their magic through intense study, so it makes sense than their play style should be more cautious and plan oriented.
@@stingerjohnny9951 True 😁
Damn I just realized that flipping Molly was the moral compass of the group
Now it’s Nott
@@yooooo8600 You'd think Caduceus would be a little more oriented towards not traumatizing the guy.
I’d like to think he would approve 😈
@@jacobhyde1415 You heard him, nature is violent. I think it makes sense for his character.
😱
So Sam played a character who hated goblins first. Then he played a goblin who hated water. I think he’s going to play a puddle of water next
Well, the goblin also hates goblins… Maybe the puddle will also hate goblins?
@@dig8634 maybe the puddle hates goblins and other puddles
He could play a water aligned race like the Triton, Tortle or that fish one.
he could also be a water Genasi like the Gentlemen lol who hates goblins & water and always has a crisis every time he looks in a mirror
Let's hope he goes full circle gnome who hates goblins goblin who hates water then water who hates gnomes
I love Matt being like “oooh that’s a critical” and Caduceus just casually going “no it’s not” with a lil snap and/or hand wave. Like just casually deleting critical hits lol
Ho hey fellow very late watcher ! 👋
@@mushuable I too am extremely late to the party
@@yaredkokeb5362 in 10 days I'm now at episode 52! It keeps getting better :D
Happy watching
@@mushuable I'm a month into it, on episode 36 now, and this is my first time watching CR! Hopefully I can finish this, Campaign 1, then catch up with Campaign 3.
Hello new critters! Don't forget to watch Talks Machina, the talk show hosted by Ashley's hubbie Brian W Foster. After every episode, he has members of the cast on to ask Q&A from the critters and behind the scenes stuff. Super sad they don't do it anymore. They don't do much of anything anymore 😔
"He is hungry. And so am I" - absolute Liam GOLD in his character!
Joy in torture is a moral failure.
@@TheChiliconkarma it's a game
@@Nemisionn It's also gleeful, deliberate, repeated, set in a certain light, with or without moral commentary. Broadcast to a young audience.
Personally I think it seems like honest behaviour.
@@TheChiliconkarma 1) they're portraying characters, morally dubious ones, in a fictional, non-educational show, they don't need "moral" commentary. Do movies, video games or tv shows break in between scenes to let viewers/players know "yo this ain't alright irl"? 2) Critical Role is not targeted at "young audience", they have vivid descriptions of violence, horror, trauma and sexual matters.
3) Algar was a slaver who ordered his slave to kill M9 without provocation, after he spent an undetermined amount of time using his government connections to basically stalk and harass a woman even after she made clear their relationship was strictly professional. He deserved whatever was coming to him in this _fictional_ world.
@@TheChiliconkarmathey didn’t even torture him anyway, it was just an intimidation tactic
"when Nott thinks you've crossed the line, you've probably crossed it"
Meh--- she's actually quite moral for being a kleptomaniac.
If BEAU says you've crossed a line-- be very concerned
"Molly said not to steal from happy people."
@@CERap22 depends on what it is, remember bowl gate? imo pretty clear caleb was in the right there, Beau is immoral in a "fuck the man" kind of way atleast since Molly's death. but speaking of Caleb if he says you crossed a line you know you're truly fucked and only time manipulation can save you.
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@@CERap22 I need to clear something up and please read this is a fairly chill tone: being a diagnosed kleptomanic doesn't mean someone doesn't have morals. It's an impulse control issue and is similar to OCD. That's all. (I speak as a diagnosed kleptomanic and make it a bit of a goal to clear misunderstandings about the disorder.)
It’s pretty telling when the goblin of the group is bothered by the party and saying they’re fucked up.
Nott is actually quite moral, but if Beau says something, you are FUCKED UP
@@clunkclink9484 Not really since she opens her mouth all the time over the dumbest shit (Like when she took the bowl from Cleab)
Surprised more people haven't called this out. The party as a whole permanently crippped a man for being creepy, and killed two innocent guards all while ruining public infrastructure.
@@007turtle1239 Infrastructure upheld by enslaving a genie. I'd say it was a moral action by freeing him.
@@Dakarn Which they did incidentally and seemed apprehensive about.
"If you had to describe this adventuring party in one word, what word would you use it?"
Me: *"Escalation"*
Goldfish.
Amnesia.
Panic.
help
It is an entertaining quality of the Nein, though it makes sense. Whenever someone attacks them they all try their hardest to fight and kill every last one of their enemies. They don't really have a diplomat with Fjord coming the closest to being the face of the group, but he usually gets pulled along with Beau and Jester's escalation of violence.
Man. Tracy's trip took a hard left turn. Went from flirting with the guards, to getting shot at by the guards whilst mid-argument with her boyfriend. Thank god she has that emotional support owl.
Oops not anymore
@@adoragrayskulloof
The actual captions for Liam after establishing he can run 120 feet in one turn: *"(laughs roguishly)"*
*laughs in Sith Lord*
time stamp?
@@thelocaldork @2:36:21
Not calling for a deception check from Jester when she lies to her Mom is genuinely one of the cutest but also saddest things. Marion trusts her implicitly.
Oh I would bet as a Mom and with her insite, she knows Jester isnt being entirely truthful and clearly understood it be better to take that answer over questions and knowing anything else
I'm glad I found this post so I could reply, but I cannot think of anything fun to say.
Other than that this is the 69th like this post has gotten.
Yeah Rachel Clay that was exactly what i was thinking
I 100% agree!!!
I don’t usually like comments, but I saw the 69th like comment and you had 999 likes when I read it. Im the 1000th like😂
'This is not a moral group, by any stretch of the imagination'. Matt, on The Mighty Nine, speaking the truth.
Except not really? They didn't start that fight. They were just *there* and the guys on the ship jumped straight to "murder everyone and burn the evidence." All the Nein were actually doing was defending themselves and the guy they were looking to question.
@@Heavensrun Iirc Matt said that after Caleb threw a fireball at the ship, basically saying: "I don't care who else is on that ship or if there are innocent captives, I'm just going to blow the whole thing up." That's not a moral action. I don't think they're "evil" either, but it certainly doesn't take much for them to kill people.
Liam: “Vox Machina is gone” also Liam his very next turn: “Vax is back babyyy”
I just love how the wizard gets fireball and immediately proceeds to use it in every possible instance. Even in Critical Role there's no immunity to the classic dnd stereotypes.
Use Fireball and only Fireball! Nothing but Fireball! Just Fireball! JUST FIREBALL!
Zombiewithabowtie, wow. I’ve never had somebody fail Every question before
@@blainewheaton9679 But I answer the perfect spell for every possible situation
It kinda makes sense tho.
Caleb is kinda pyromaniac.
@@blainewheaton9679 Whats your point, person in fireball distance?!
The fact that Vox Machina would take this situation as “Look man, be nice or else” and M9 just “Nice hand you have there, would be a shame if it were *pulls out falchion* BE CUT OFF?!?!”
Dude we have the same profile pic
I mean, he was controlling a Djinn to kill them with a device on his wrist
I really thought they were going to cleverly pull of a Vecna. Chop the hand, remove the bracelet, reattach with cure wounds. Brutal but classy and not unethical. That went out of the window with Decompose.....
Nah it was more like “give us what we want or we’ll hurt you/ruin your reputation/destroy your livelihood”
@@jgamer2228 No, it was more like "Give us what we want AND we'll hurt you/ruin your reputation/destroy your livelihood... but you get to live!"
Whoever does the subtitles deserves a raise: 2:35:17 Caleb is casting Expeditious Retreat and explaining it, "(laughs roguishly)". Incredible content.
Critical Role captions are a whole show in and of themselves. 😄
This episode is the definition of "That escalated quickly."
I love how when Caleb casts Expeditious Retreat he states "so I can use my action, bonus action, and movement and my movement is 40. I am now on the boat" and doesn't even bother calculating it because it doesn't matter with that speed.
That moment, and him saying "Vax is back!"... chillls!
"I cast GTFO."
During the explanation Liam was giving the subtitles: (Laughs roguishly)
2:36:21
@@Zombiewithabowtie
“I cast Nope”
Dm: “what spell!?”
“Nope... nope........ nope nope nope”
@@chriscordeiro1052 Nein
Fjord: Oh, that's what we're gonna tell the truth about?
Travis had seen Laura's response many times OOC.
What was this about again, please?
@@Sakharee Jester just lied about what happened to Algar (the guy who was bring annoying to the Ruby). Then they go downstairs and she says, 'oh, Fjord swallowed a ball and now it won't come out and we're going to see someone about it.' Either she just gave out that Fjord is a warlock or she's saying he has a serious medical problem, and with Jester, either could be true.
Timestamp 1:16:16
@UniversalEcho I loved Jester's "it's not that kind of a ball mamma" :D :D
To all those who suspect that Critical Role is scripted: do you really think anyone could have planned out this cascade of bumblefuckery?
Better question: do you really think that anyone who DID plan out this cascade of bumblefuckery wouldn't re-think their overkill?
Never in my life have I thought this was scripted
If the hospital incident didn’t convince them, nothing will😂
It is guided by the dm. There might not be a script, but there is def a direction. The dice decides how they get there. It's kind of like those stories that you read and depending on the decision you make for the main character takes you to a different page. The story is written, the journey is not. MAYBE some parts are planned a Lil tighter, like when yasha comes bak
@@HaLarryUs1 yeah, of course! That's true for a lot of table top gaming. But, I think basically anyone who plays DND will know this is exactly how chaotic it gets, planned or not 😂
God that intimidation scene was the best thing! Fjord and Beau's dynamic always makes me super happy to watch, and they played off of each other PERFECTLY! The grapple, the intimidation, the extract truth, the mask of many faces, their back and forth (especially when fjord was transformed into Algar). And then everyone adding onto it: caleb and frumpkin absolute power move along with clay's TERRIFYING move to cast decompose on the hand. Also Nott and Jester providing the comic relief.
Seriously, an amazing scene.
The mask of many faces thing - especially coupled with him repeating what he said back to him - was fucking *gold*. I played an evil changeling in a campaign once and the most fun thing was pretending to be other people to scare them.
Beau acting as "Tracy" towards Caleb only to then catch the crossbow bolts, and fling both back was one of the most badass scenes ever.
It was good but unnecessary they ruined that man's life and cut his hand off just for being a little obsessed, they act like he rap Ed her mom
@@Jmosis unnecessary for the things he was doing to marion, sure. But it's not like he was innocent and didn't deserve it. He enslaved that entity and was not the most upstanding citizen. Not that they should act vigilante, but the guy had AT LEAST some of it coming
@@adoragrayskull he just got that job 3 months prior ,creature was already enslaved
Remember all the ship stuff started because Fjord had to eat a yellow stone
That was the most extreme "What did you say about my mom?" situation That I've ever seen. Sheesh, those guys are brutal
He was interfering with her business. They interfered with his. The fact that they were better at it is just his bad luck.
To be fair, he was also a slave overseer
@@akrinornoname2769 To be fair, the M9 violate the geneva convention every other week.
@@thetuerk to be fair, geneva doesnt exist in their world so its all good. Lol
@@thetuerk *geneva suggestions
I love how Matt doesn't even have Jester roll a deception check when lying to Marion. The fact that she just trusts her daughter inherently just embellishes on their relationship even more.
I love how every time they have a good plan the dice are just like, “Screw you and your plan.”
Any plan that can be derailed by one or two bad rolls isn't a good plan.
@@failedGraphics Way to go telling us you’ve never played D&D before without saying you’ve never played D&D before.
And that's why I low key hate the D&D system.
Isnt that part of the fun playing d&d?
@@jonnyso1I think you may be in the wrong place?
I like how every time Liam does something cool Travis just goes nuts
When anyone does anything cool Travis goes nuts. He's the best hype man.
Travis is an extremely literal example of the expression "huge dork"
Wizards are the best, so much cool shit they can do.
@Bishop nah that's just a proud papa Grog seeing his child following his path.
I know right? I wish I had this type of hype in my group
I love how Caleb is constantly censoring the group and steering them away from possibly dangerous subjects when they are talking to the Ruby of the Sea. I think it's great to see him utilise his decent charisma stat.
Mighty Nein: Went to go talk to a guy
Mighty Nein: Stole a boat and killed its crew on accident
Travis's little "Where's the reset button?" comment at 1:52:49 encapsulates this whole episode. My gosh. XD I'm laughing but also cringing at just what a train wreck EVERYTHING in this episode has been.
Him knocking himself unconscious at 3:07:00 is perfect 😂
3:35:15 "maybe we can make a sandwich?" sounding like he's gonna cry! xD
It was full out end of Bullet Train wreck lol. Wow I don't know how they made it out, or how they plan to ever make it back to visit hotMom lol
I’m facepalming and laughing at this right now. Disasters, the lot of them but we love them.
Matt; "You know the rules for Rage".
Travis; "I do".
I believe he does...
Nott's "you guys are f***ed up" nailed my reaction to that torture scene
And nott ate a baby once. That’s how you know it’s bad.
It was an accident.
Travis is SO good at making intimidating dialogue bro, he nails it
Apparently that's also a skill he uses in real life when other people start acting aggressively 🤔😜😂
Spoilers for Campaign 1.
So was Taliesin as Percy some of his stuff was downright terrifying. I remember him talking to a cultists about stealing his soul away from his evil God for example only to be derailed by a bad dice role. It was the one thing that irritated me that Matt didn't give advantage for really convincing role play. I'm glad to see that he's giving advantage on that this campaign.
3:33:10 killed me when whoever was in charge of managing HP started killing everyone when caduceus healed
🤣🤣🤣
That confused me, but it was really funny
"This is the coolest map ever! It's going to be so awesome!"
5 minutes later...
"Everything is terrible and we all hate our lives."
Except it's dnd so those 5 minutes were actually 2 hours
Apparently they’ve never heard of consequences for their actions. A wild concept
You ever make a bad decision and wonder what to do? So you make another decision, but it is worse than the decision before? Ever string that along for a 4 hour gaming session? Because this describes this episode perfectly. In an absolutely brilliant hilarious fashion. I am so happy right now.
This was the most hilarious bad-decision episode I have seen yet. Delicious!
I've been taping up holes with mesh like this IRL for four years. It doesn't go well.
More like 8 hours the last sesion was a trainwreck as well
i love their fucking train of thought as a group here once they get to the docks;
Nott goes forward and is seemingly trailing Marius without being noticed.
Fjord and Beau decide that it'd be a good idea if Fjord swam towards the very quiet meeting instead of letting Nott continue on to listen in.
upon Fjord flopping into the water, Jester decides that she should try and mask the noise as just a dolphin swimming around and instead makes the sounds of an abyssal demon.
with the baddies now alerted, Beau decides that she's gonna make a scene with Caleb, who is currently mid-spell, and she herself is still holding an owl.
and the best part about all of this is that they thought that each of these actions was a relatively good idea. Fjord's continuation of alerting the entire district with thunder step, and then going below deck when he's the only sailor is just the icing on the cake.
my FAVORITE part about this entire encounter, however, was how Caduceus just nope'd out once the guards showed up and spent the entire rest of the episode just trying to get onto the ship.
Then string that four hour session of bad decisions for an entire campaign? Yeah, that’s their modus operandi
"You call this a diplomatic solution?"
"No, I call it aggressive negotiations."
Catapult is such an awesome spell. My friend and his brother a few years back wanted to play D&D for the first time ever, and I started Lost Mines and had them roll for some characters. His brother rolled a wizard and took Catapult as one of his first spells. The battle against the bugbear chieftain saw him drop his morning star at one point, and his brother asked how much it weighed, which was something like 3 lbs or so. That was light enough for him to catapult, and he used the bugbear's own weapon to kill him and end the first part of the adventure.
Love Catapult.
When I've used Catapult, I've always bought Acid Vials 'n Alchemist Fire Flasks to Catapult at opponents.
Caduceus, like ten minutes after meeting the party: "You do so many good things, that's great."
The party, a few days later: "Yeah, so we cut off this guys hand and traumatize him for the rest of his life and also cause as much chaos as we possibly can."
In a certain light they're like a comedy terrorist organization, only instead of ideology they have compulsiveness
I mean, He was threatening Jester's mom tho.
@@dantevitale5714 no marian said he threatened her suitors to try to get her alone its an asshole thing to do but she only called him a nuisance not someone who needed to be maimed
Caduceus: Yeah thats nice
And then caduceus fucking played along!
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
1:10 Max is back with a new ad
3:40 Ad escalation
10:20 Episode Starts
19:20 Pause for some clarification
26:15 A gortle
27:10 Jester heals everyone
36:00 Travis is brilliant with Mask
37:25 Too dark for Nott
40:40 The genie bubble just burst
47:00 What’s your email sign-off?
51:20 Drafting the letter
53:35 Persistent specter
59:20 Exasperated Matt
1:16:15 Jester spills the beans
1:20:30 Thaddeus unleashed
1:25:40 Inconspicuous owl
1:36:15 HDIWTDT
1:38:05 Beau has really expanded her acting range
1:41:30 Emotional support owl
1:44:05 Matt prepped for their failure
1:47:40 Break Starts (and ends)
1:50:10 I use my sword… Summer Glau
1:52:40 We need quick saves in this game
1:59:10 Flushing the evidence
2:01:35 FOOD FIGHT
2:09:50 Thundercats reference
2:15:15 Just wanted to see her roll
2:17:15 Meat shield
2:19:50 Defeated casting
2:21:35 To be fair, Vox Machina also had a lot of collateral damage
2:36:05 Vax speed returns
2:40:30 Solid detective work
2:49:20 And Caduceus lead a good long life by himself, the end
2:51:25 Marius really sucks
2:53:20 Rage quit
3:03:00 Illusory mannequin
3:06:30 Aggressive head desk
3:14:55 That guard is a hero
3:16:50 All according to plan
3:24:00 Trying to calm him down
3:26:05 There’s the name
3:35:40 One down, two to go
3:38:40 Episode Ends
Between Twitch and RUclips, live viewership of this episode peaked around 50,000 people. The in-game start date for the episode was the 13th of Cuersaar 835. Sam’s flask says “Pyramid = Taliesin”
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Flando Maltrizian THE LAD IS BACK
Thank you
Thank you 😁
I kept seeing rumors in the comments about this mysterious Flando, I only now have gotten the chance to see them.
and they've got a Spheal profile pic?!?!
My day can't get better
Bump
OMG the daggers from Jester to Fjord when he said "We're gonna tell the truth about THAT?!"
Fjord to Jester*
@@kjj26k you should rewatch it and look at Jester's expression before you correct them
I'm not going to lie, I LOVE how much the sea spectre spooked Caduceus. That and the calm emotions before swimming out into the boat-- I feel like it's the first time we've ever seen anything shake him.
I love the "everyone got 15 hitpoints added" and it showed Fjord getting knocked unconscious
He was probably bleeding out from the concussion he gave himself.
If you watch you can see they accidentally did a damage tick so that their icons did the effect that they took damage
I imagine the staff was sweating profusely trying to undo the technical error
Yea, I seen that and then watched as one by one, everyone started getting "hit". But then it seemed like once they got to Jester, they realized what had happened and doubled back and re-healed everyone.
"Two wrongs don't make a right"
...
"But maybe 73 wrong do? Let's try!"
You now have excactly 73 likes
The joy that Travis gets from every choice Caduceus makes is incredible.
Fjord: *the only one who knows anything about ships is severely and visibly injured*
Jester: *the only healer currently on the ship kills her own duplicate and blocks the door to the deck below, leaving the squishiest wizard alone with a fighter*
Caduceus: *swims in the dark and heals Fjord the second he gets to the ship*
Jester: *charms the guards*
Matt: *gives the party an obvious second chance to make up with the guards*
Mighty Nein: *DOESN'T TAKE THE HINT AND KEEPS TRYING TO SAIL THE SHIP*
😂😂
Charm person lasts a minute and when it fades the person realizes that a spell was cast on them
Nathan M it lasts an hour according to jester.
Jerred Knudson either way an hour is not enough time to clear your name with the guards who will almost certainly find you guilty after that hour is up. Their only chance to do right by the guards was when they first showed up.
@@Sacredsnow2 The commander was charmed too. An hour is plenty of time for the commander to search the boat and find evidence of wrongdoing.
In a single day the mighty nein committed terrorism by shutting down the primary energy source of the port - then stole a ship and left. The drow assassins only blew up part of the tower in Zadash - they could learn a lot from the Mighty Nein
Yep correct - and I would bring Algar Back with a magical restored Hand as a much stronger enemy to haunt them for revenge for the wrong they did on him 😂
This was one of those classic Crit Role episodes where you spend 4 hours yelling "nooo why would you do that??" At a screen.
It's been a while since we had one of those. The kraken episode of C1 I think. Except this time no Kraken rum was involved so they can't blame their decisions on being inebriated lmfao.
And that's why you just go ahead and spend the money, build the sustainable systems and infrastructure rather than trying to preserve systems and infrastructure that are inhumane and detrimental: because waiting until people take actions based in conscience is always more chaotic and expensive in the long run.
I feel like there's probably someone who could learn from that
"It's almost midnight" -- Noone else might not remember the promise, but Nott sure does
"I won't eat him; today."
Made me laugh out loud 🤣🤣🤣
They’re on a ship. With limited supplies. Nott is gonna end up eating that weasel one way or another
Hope this helps. =/ U used a double negative, which basically erases the meaning u intended.
So, it would either be "Everyone might not remember..." OR "No-one else might remember..."
@@merryc.5466 And yet, their meaning was clear, was it not?
@@pallasproserpina4118 I was helping, & kindly; whereas, u are desperately seeking an argument over a non-existent offense while undermining literacy as a side effect.
Ur input is not only superfluous, but also intrusive, drawing more attn. to sm1's mistake. In other words, you're demonstrating ur own ignorance of conversation skills.
Now run along to ur QAnon meeting. I hear they're transferring headquarters to the Hollow Earth sector. Lol
Blocked & muted. 😷
"GUYS! for DnDBeyond I brought a loaded gun!" lololol😂
Alright, everyone roll for initiative...
This entire episode is a perfect example of Murphy’s law
The most accurate description of this episode.
Remind me what the hell that is again please?
Anything that can go wrong *will* go wrong
*Marisha’s Law
Matt: Wow, I've got so many interesting NPCs and story options ready that the party can experience!
The Party: *pure chaos and destruction noises*
Matt: ......... *proceeds to work dozens of more hours creating new things that make sense for what in the actual fuck just happened in the session*
for a episode named "dockside diplomacy " there was no diplomacy occurring
Which, to be fair, is accurate to many docksides
Nonsense. These were aggressive negotiations.
Maritime laws are just guidelines
Well, the negotiations _were short_
You found a joke!
when travis said "I'm gonna bang my head against the bow and go unconscious" I went from laughing to screaming real quick
Laughed so hard I started choking
Noah Cheanvechai me too man lmao
The scene with Profesor Thaddeus reminded me of a simillar situation on one of my sessions, when our Druid could not calm her dog in the inn, and my Barbarian just sat on the floor, barked angrily at a dog and it actually calmed him down
37:28 - You know things are going in a bad direction when Nott starts to look like the group's moral compass
Goes out to just talk to someone. Somehow accidentally steals a ship and becomes wanted.....D&D
I have never had a moment go THAT far south
@@OutlawWalker oh man, I have. Ever heard of White Plume Mountain? We ended up in a tpk due to an absolute cascade of poor decisions that started with me pulling a lever and ended with our wizard breaking every bead on his necklace of fireballs at once killing everyone in a giant conflagration. Ah, D&D. Good times.
I love how when Liam called Beau "Hermione Granger" Travis' immediate reaction was "She had a cat."
I appreciate that ❤
Mollymauk from the afterlife: Huh. I never thought that I was the moral compass of the group.
I need more “Tracy” in my life. “Tracy” breaking up with Caleb is amazing lmao.
Also I love how in the absolute chaos at the dock only Fjord took actual damage. The other assholes somehow made it through with like scratches.
I dont hold against the Mighty Nein going nuclear everytime a fight breaks out.
After their experience with the Iron Shepards, of course they refuse to lose combat and will never ever willingly submit yo captivity of anykind.
it was SO funny watching everyone wildly oscillate between joy and depression as all their plans turn to shit
Ok, so they basically amputated and threatened to kill a hydraulics engineer.
A possessive, manipulative, slave-owning hydraulics engineer, to be fair.
@@Doureimi How was he slave owning? The town enslaved the genie not him. He was just given a job to manage it. As for manipulative, he wasn't, he was possessive that's for sure, but he wasn't manipulating anyone. What they did to him was totally out of control. They didn't even give him a chance to talk or explain his side of the story. They could have literally done this in a much less violent and twisted manner. The dude was possessive, yes, but he didn't rape Jester's mother, or force her. He paid her, and got upset if she didn't want to see him, and he made empty threats at other suitors. But what they did to him was uncalled for, with really twisted threats that made him look like a kind man in comparison, seriously. LIterally Marion was just like, "yea he's been a nuisance" and they cut off the dudes hand and frame him for the issues they caused in the city.
@@xBlacksStarx I'll concede that slave _owner_ isn't the perfect term to describe what he does. It's just a bit snappier for a jokey RUclips comment. But, I think he plays a no less horrific part in suppressing an unwilling, sentient being's freedom for benefit (even if it is to the benefit of his community as a whole too). He's just as culpable as his employer if he chose to take the job of cracking the whip and ensuring the djinn's body is out of the djinn's control for pay.
Incidentally, that's very similar to what I was referring to when I called him manipulative. He has no interest in Marion's agency either. When she denied his advances, he took it into his own hands to disrupt her business and repeatedly pressure her to give him what he wanted. He tried to damage or destroy a woman's business because he felt he should have an exclusive right to her body and who she shared it with. It's possessive to claim exclusivity to a free woman's body. It's manipulative to make a serious play at controlling her.
That said, yeah. M9 went wild on this guy, I'd never claim they didn't. It might have been in the heat of the moment, but I think they're definitely guilty of excessive violence and being more than a bit controlling themselves, and they knew it. (That's probably why they didn't let Marion know exactly what methods they used.) It happened a few times with VM too. "Yes, and" can take things a bit too far sometimes, as I'm sure any morally ambiguous adventuring party can attest.
@@Doureimi I can see what you mean when you say he's manipulative in that manner, that's fair. But I don't think it's fair to say he is 'horrific' in suppressing the genie as an equivalent to snapping a whip at someone.
Again, he was literally given a job and just rolled with it. He might not have even liked the job, he might have felt bad for the genie and felt powerless in his position. We'll never know. Everyone in the city was benefiting from this genie, including Marion. If benefiting from a suppressed being is warrant for murder or violence, then Marian is just as at fault.
If the M9 had such an issue with him managing an enslaved genie, they could have instead talked it out with the head of the city, instead of outright nearly murdering the man paid to manage it. And I agree; there are ways of dealing with slavery that don't involve ruthless violence, I'm glad we can agree on that.
In my own campaign actually, my character is in the midst of a war with slave rebells, and she managed to succeed on a charisma check to put a stop to the fight and talk it out peacefully (for now).
I guess I'm just deeply disappointed in M9, what they did was just as bad as that time that Tiberius kept attacking the old lady that surrendered.
@@Doureimi You make a good argument. Well said! And I hear you on getting into the deeper topics about slavery and such. So no worries.
Regardless, I still don't think it warranted the treatment he received. He might have been immoral in that regard, but he didn't deserve that kind of horrid violence and mutilation well after he surrendered. It bothered me a lot that Jester kept saying, 'its okay he's a bad man, he deserves it' that kind of mentality enrages me. Just because someone is bad doesn't mean you do bad things to them and twice over. You're just as bad as they are.
As a side note; I think the genie was supposed to act as a defender to the systems below, considering he pointed out there were intruders.
I'm pretty sure even if Marion and most citizens knew about the genie, most wouldn't have done anything about it, not saying they would support that kind of thing, but mostly because they don't have the time or energy to go out of their way to set a genie free. It would mean their sudden lack of energy in the city, which many again, wouldn't know how to replace, and would potentially cost everyone a lot of money through tax to find a new means of energy; considering the town is super wealthy, many wouldn't be so on board to suddenly jump on to free the genie.
Again, I guess what I'm saying is, it could have been done in a slower manner, where they accepted a new tax slowly and then prepared the new mechanism to prepare to set the genie free so everyone isn't so suddenly lacking major power they relied on (unbeknownst to how it was supplied).
If they ever make an animated series of the mighty Nein, this whole shit show needs to be in one of the episodes. It would be hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Hard disagree. Don't think animating the M9 would be wise
@@padenbang7375 I need at least 3 reasons why animating m9 is a bad idea, go....
And here we are
@Paden Bang oof buddy, hate to tell you but...
@@padenbang7375 im from the future and yeah, tough luck bud
For the dinner scene, I like to imagine Yasha and Blud hanging out in the corner, swapping bodyguard stories 😊
Bluud: "So where's the guy you were guarding?"
Yasha:"...."
sometimes I feel like we get a lot of fanart of the player chartacters but none for matt since he doesnt play a specific character but then I remember that technically all the npcs are matt soooo technically all the ruby of the sea fanart is technically matt fanart
This is so wholesome!!! :)
I usually see art of him as the Traveller!
Picture: Ruby of the Sea with Matt's face...
I mean, to be fair, in the last campaign, there was a lot of Fan-Art for Gilmore and there has been some for Pumat this time so technically Matt has had a good bit of art made for him in a round about way.
Technically
After seeing Jester's prank in episode 31, I thought nothing would ever surpass that.
Then this entire episode happened...
what prank?
braindead pizza slice remember the whole thing in the platinum dragon temple with jester and Nott? Where she tried to vandalize the statue, and absolute chaos ensued?
Hard to believe that was only four sessions ago. Yikes.
@@peyfler3756 I didn't read the usename of the person you were replying to, so at first I thought you were insulting their lapse in memory in the most bizarre way
@@braindeadpizzaslice9098
Jester defaced a statue of The Platinum Dragon in Zadash.
She painted him rainbow colors to look pretty.
Tiamat, the sworn enemy of Bahamut is multicolored.
She used every spell she had and just barely got out of there alive and free.
Oh, and Nott was there.
I love the little "help meeee!" from the beetle Caduceus was about to feed to Thadius at 1:21:59
To be honest, considering what D&D is, Sam's ad was perfect. The special effects are all in our minds, aren't they?
Wow. When fjord uses mask of many faces to intimidate that guy in the first 30 minutes it felt like he was getting back at Matt for Kiri. Lol
I thought the exact same thing!
I don't understand how that was "getting back at him" though...
@@francisweller839 because Travis repeated what Matt said with his voice, like Kiri copied people
@@Mex_the_Fox Travis tends to change his voice when disguised. He even used his Grog voice when he was disguised as a guard once
I think when disguises are used additional voice acting has become a thing. It's pretty interesting when you think about.
@@zacharygadzinski3147 When was that?
3:33:09 "You all gain 16 HP", sais Caduceus, as the technicians in the background begin to slaughter the party by inflicting 16 Points of damage to their characters
I came to the comments just to find someone else who noticed
I laughed so hard. The best thing is that no one in the comments noticed that
"Fjord swallowed a ball..." had me spewing my beer all over the trainstation.
They're the Mighty Nein, not the Moral Nein.
Morals? Nein
@@JoULove perfect comment
“Oh God, are we going to sink?”
You can see Matt actually consider that and Taliesen sees him consider it.
"It was a drive by fruiting" has to be my favourite thing Marisha has ever said
I just re-watched MRs. Doubtfire a few weeks back so I was disappointed she didn't get more of a reaction for that.
Timestamp? 🖤
@@adorkible91 2:02:04
One of 2 understated reactions this episode. Liam starting to sign Gotta get away was the second.
@@janicemcafee7723 can someone timestamp this?
The hospital in Zadash.
Nott and Jester vandalise a temple.
Dockside mayhem...
The Mighty Nein are a real chaotic bunch and I'm here for it.
Yeah, but in the hospital and the temple, I chalked up their antics to having fewer people (you make more desperate moves if you know you don't have much backup), and the temple fiasco was obviously missing a voice of reason. THIS adventure blew both of those excuses out of the water!!!
Every time Caleb uses the honey by smearing it on his lip I imagine the equivalent of putting on chapstick sexily before talking someone up. 😂
When Matt said that Marion's dress was regal, did anyone else picture her wearing a dress with a photo of Sam on it?
Nah I pictured Sam wearing a dress with matt wearing a dress of Sam wearing a dress of her
.... well, now i do.
#420 likes nice
Regality and Reigality are to VERY different things
Professor Thaddeus was not interested in being a pirate.
Quite the wise prof
he has lecturing to do lol
"You let him live, it's really nice." Me: "If the Dishonored series taught me anything, it's that sometimes keeping the target alive is worse for them than if you had just offed them."
And those were the 'good' routes!
Man I fucking love Dishonoured
He didn't even do anything that bad he was just a little creepy and that's kt
BOAT FACTS YALL: you wouldn’t have an anchor set if you were at a dock. That’s for open water only. Even the big ships (and 50ft isn’t considered big, I think that’s what Matt said the boat was) don’t do that. On a 50fter you’d have a bow line, stern line, and two spring lines to secure your place on the dock so you’re not bumping other boats and that’s it. Matt normally does fantastic research for irl-influenced stuff but missed this one. Ref: I lived on a 50 foot boat and worked for coast guard and harbour authority for years, I’m a wee bit of an expert when it comes to mooring boats :)
I wondered about that. Thanks for the comment! There's a pretty good chance that I'll need this tidbit at some point in my current campaign.
By the way, for those curious, using the standard ruling of 6 seconds per round, and the fact that Caleb moved 120 ft in that time, at 2:36:49, Caleb was moving at about 14 miles per hour (or 22 kilometers per hour).
Isn't that a jogging pace?
@@Graycata 14 miles an hour is about a 4 minute mile. not to mention it was 120 feet in six seconds from standing completely still. not bad
@@jakepietrzak7552 i got the distance and time mixed up in my head. My bad
Calebs speed there is about 60% of the worlds best sprinters. The record by Bolt is 205 feet/6 sec
I mean, there was also the time he expended to cast Expeditious Retreat, it wasn’t instantaneous...
Molly’s spirit is probably so pleased with the level of chaos that they set up
Barb Bitter I think he’s proud
What do you mean, “probably”?
Molly wanted to leave towns better than they were when he came in. M9 literally made Nicodranas worse than it was before they entered.
Stirling Gerbic-Forsyth They freed a creature enslaved under the city, pretty sure they improved his life rather significantly. And the city can recover, and this time not be powered by suffering.
Honestly not sure about Molly's spirit. The Traveler on the other hand, though.... ;o)
Oh boi, never saw Travis look so defeated after an episode. He's usually happy when things go south and spectacular things happen. But when Fjord, who is intelligent goes along with an somewhat spontaneous and unintelligent approach and kills a bunch of people, Travis feels like they failed. Bless your soul Travis! Im sure you forgot about this episode and feel good now :) Anyway, it was great to watch
I feel like you’re sympathising with the wrong person. He’s single-handedly the reason the escalation started. He jumped into the docks and after that he also used thunder step. I’m not saying it’s his fault entirely bc Beau could have chosen not to attack and feigning to fall down instead.
It seems like some of them, Travis included, kind of want to play their characters differently every week and that's really what leads to issues like this.